Ann West Bain17 was born on 17 September 1838 in KY. She died on 4 October 1903 in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. Dear Mr. Woods,I received this record in the mail from a correspondent from a few years ago. It applies to your ancestor William Bain or Bean of Maryland. I thought you would be interested in it.Sincerely, Jim Petty"William Bean, who was born in Scotland, enlisted from Cecil County, Maryland, 1776, in the Flying Corps and his letters from Long Hill show he served under Lord Stirling." (DAR)

Cecil County, Maryland is in the north east corner of the state

The following is copied from an old letter of her grandfather's, which Nannie Bain Didlake loaned some of the family and so let the original get out of her possession.

(The blanks are words which cannot be deciphered in the original letter)

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For

Elizabeth Bean,Living in East Nottingham,Cecil County, Maryland.

Kindness of Mr. Samuel Hill.

Lord Stirling's Headquarters,

March 8th, 1777

My Dear Betcy:-

I am now alone in my quarters, which is more than I can say since I left home before, and can't help mentioning that it would be the most agreeable thing in the world to me, to have your company this day, and what would still the more sweeten our joys, pleasures and happiness, would be to see my dear little Polly sitting on your lap playing and ____ ____ ____ ____ has given me much pleasure. Best knowing that I a deprived of that pleasure for sometime, I sit down and take my pen in order to communicate some of my thoughts to you in writing, which must serve for this time, seeing the distance we are apart renders it impossible we should be together for sometime, but I hope to see the day when I will meet you with as much pleasure and joy as ever sun met morning.

I am now at a loss what to say about our comp. affairs ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (sixth blank looks like Colonel) Washington to have taken some qualifications ____ the purport of which is that the Magisterial Troops at their headquarters, which is Brunswick, are making the greatest preparations for imbarcation and they at N. York are knocking off the arms and spiking up a gt. quantity of their cannon, supposed to be the most of them that they cannot well take with them. If this is found to be the true state of the matter, we with the whole army will be called to endeavor to cut off their retreat at Brunswick, but my idea of the matter rather runs thus that these preparations are only a sham, in order to decoy us more in their power, which I think will be work waisted. If you ever hear for certain that they have left this, you may depend they are going to strike nearer us, and we will immediately be ordered to Philadelphia and perhaps home. We are now stationedat a place called Long Hill within about 12 miles of the English lines. We are safe and at ease here, yet we know not when we shall be ordered nearer them.

I am billeted where I ____ a ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____, or wounded of ours pass. Tomorrow ___________ parade before the Colonels. I have no opportunity of sending this yet, so will keep it open in the event that anything new turns up, I may acquaint you of it, so I shall writno more at present, only to desire you not to make yourself uneasy because I receive no letter from you. I know it is hard for you to find opportunities.

Be cheerful, go abroad and divert yourself as well as possible, and don't think hard of my being absent from you. I hope God, in His kind Providence will conduct me safe home to you again in His own good time. So my dear, Trust God & leave the events to Him.

March 15th-- At the same quarters. In good health.It appears now that I have an opportunity of sending you this letter, which I am glad to embrace, and in it to acquaint you that my ideas of the English are as above, and we are ordered off tomorrow to Quibble-town in order to throw up entrenchments, where four companies of our battalions have been for a week past. I cant say that I have stood in great need of any of the necessaries of life, yet I expect to-morrow at breakfast I shall eat the last of my butter &sausages, I have about 1 lb of salt beef & Neats tongue, & a piece, with about 10 of your little cakes, which is all my store.

I am mistaken, I have both mustard pepper & onions I cannot tell when I shall get home, but expect it sometime in the forepart of April ________ Apologies for my not writing to my friends, as I knew of no opportunity until this minute, but remember my love to all of them, and accept the same from your loving husband.

William Bean

P.S. Remember me to Peggy and all the rest of our people, tell Charles I expect he will not_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Arthur Ernest Baker20 was born about 1858 in OH. He lived in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH in 1925. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH. 1807 Madison St.,Toledo, OH. Arthur died in 1933 in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH. Founded Baker Bros, Inc. in Toledo Parents: William Baker.

Martha Beatrice Baker was born on 22 December 1896 in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH. She died on 27 October 1988 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH. She was buried on 29 October 1988 in Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. Parents: Arthur Ernest Baker and Daisy Beatrice Lorenz.